Watched Baby today
with family. Loved every second of it. Neeraj Pandey's incredible talent
shows through after "A Wednesday" & "Special 26". This is movie is
in a completely new genre. The director captures the apsirations of the
average Indian, who has been though a depressing time with impotent UPA
government compromising whatever defensive as well as offensive
capabilities. In that sense, this movie heralds the arrival of "Acche Din"
amongst the Bollywood fraternity, which has dared to call a spade a
spade without fear or favour for the first time in my memory. The tone
that Neeraj set forth in "a Wednesday" (which was buried by seculars) is
louder and more pronounced in this movie.
The director makes no bones about acknowledging that "Islamic
Terrorism" is a serious issue. He even ponders why Educated Muslims fall
victim to propaganda and take up cudgels on behalf of Mad religious
lunatics. The punch line in the movie actually is "More than the act of
terrorism itself, why the average Indian Muslim indulges in it ?" - a Q
posed by the main protagonist of the anti-terrorism effort to the
politicos. It is actually a Q to all those that preach crackdown to the
tolerant and tolerance to the intolerant in our intelligentsia and
media.
That serious message aside, this movie is an "Edge of the seat" thriller from beginning to End. No melodrama, no unnecessary sci-fi, hi-tech etc. but plain hardwork of individuals in our intelligence establishment. How certain unconventional techniques and methods need to be adopted etc. are all shown brilliantly, without any iota of fluff. The brilliance of the movie is in the fact that not frame is a waste...
Akshay is there in each frame, ably supported by Danny, Anupam, Taapsee and Rana. How he is unconventional and his obsession to finding and eliminating threat. The candid conversations he has with his wife are an eye opener as well as Danny's lament about how the system treats such agents. Taapsee is truly beautiful, lithe and has pulled of the athletic stunt scenes with remarkable ease. Rana is just an eye candy (for gym aficionados). Anupam lights up the movie after his arrival. In the midst of thrilling strategy and action there is sarcasm and comedy in situations and dialog. If you thought that the first half itself is a roller coaster ride, pause catch your breath the second half is a space blast off.. Unexpected twists strategy and intelligent counter ops are all there.
Neeraj Pandey is a gem whose brilliance and most importantly his ability to take an objective and clinical look at our society has to be encouraged. Ignore the secular reviewers, go see it with the family. Such efforts certainly deserve all the encouragement we can give...
That serious message aside, this movie is an "Edge of the seat" thriller from beginning to End. No melodrama, no unnecessary sci-fi, hi-tech etc. but plain hardwork of individuals in our intelligence establishment. How certain unconventional techniques and methods need to be adopted etc. are all shown brilliantly, without any iota of fluff. The brilliance of the movie is in the fact that not frame is a waste...
Akshay is there in each frame, ably supported by Danny, Anupam, Taapsee and Rana. How he is unconventional and his obsession to finding and eliminating threat. The candid conversations he has with his wife are an eye opener as well as Danny's lament about how the system treats such agents. Taapsee is truly beautiful, lithe and has pulled of the athletic stunt scenes with remarkable ease. Rana is just an eye candy (for gym aficionados). Anupam lights up the movie after his arrival. In the midst of thrilling strategy and action there is sarcasm and comedy in situations and dialog. If you thought that the first half itself is a roller coaster ride, pause catch your breath the second half is a space blast off.. Unexpected twists strategy and intelligent counter ops are all there.
Neeraj Pandey is a gem whose brilliance and most importantly his ability to take an objective and clinical look at our society has to be encouraged. Ignore the secular reviewers, go see it with the family. Such efforts certainly deserve all the encouragement we can give...
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